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Critical Thinking, ClinicalReasoning, andClinical
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Judgment A Practical Approach
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, Test Bank For Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment A Practical
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Table of Contents
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1. What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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2. Becoming a Critical Thinker v v v
3. Critical Thinking and Learning Cultures: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Tests
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4. Interprofessional Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgment v v v v v v
5. Ethical Reasoning, Professionalism, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement
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6. Practicing Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgment, and Decision-making Skills
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7. Interprofessional Practice Skills: Communication, Teamwork, and Self-Management NEW
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v interprofessional collaboration focus! v v
, Critical Thinking Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment 7th EditionAPractical Approach
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v Test Bank v
Chapter 1.What are Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment?
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v Multiple Choice v
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which of the following characteristics do the various definitions of critical thinking have in
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v common? Critical thinking v v
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Requires reasoned thought 2) v v v
Asks the questions why? or how? 3)
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Is ahierarchical process
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Demandsspecializedthinking skills v v v
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The definitions listed in the text as well as definitions in Box 2-1 state that critical thinking requires
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v reasoning or reasoned thinking. Critical thinking is neither linear nor hierarchical. That means that
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the steps involved in critical thinking are not necessarily sequential, where mastery of one step is
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v necessary to proceed to the next. Critical thinking is a purposeful, dynamic, analytic process that
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v contributes to reasoned decisions and sound contextual judgments. v v v v v v v
PTS:1DIF:Moderate high-level question, answer not stated verbatim v v v v v v
KEY:Nursing process: N/A |Client need: SECE |Cognitive level: Analysis
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2. A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for documenting
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care on the unit be changed. They have described a completely new system. Why is it important for the
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v nurse manager to have a critical attitude? It will help the manager to
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Consider all the possibleadvantages and disadvantages 2) v v v v v v v
Maintain an open mind about the proposed change 3) v v v v v v v v
Apply the nursing process to the situation 4)
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, Make a decision based on past experience with documentation
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A critical attitude enables the person to think fairly and keep an open mind. PTS:1DIF:ModerateKEY:
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Nursingprocess: N/A|Client need: SECE |Cognitive level: Comprehension
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